Talk:Administrative policies of Ali

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Reliance on Ismaili and Twelver sources
Many of the citations (Madelung, Poonwala, etc.) are done by Ismaili and Twelver specialists, or ones writing about Shia Islam in general. I don’t have to say that these sources will not dive into Sunni sources in depth. 2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:D48B (talk) 07:50, 20 September 2022 (UTC)


 * You may be correct or not, because this is entirely based on assumptions. What evidence is there of actual source bias? Iskandar323 (talk) 08:38, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Madelung’s work is heavily Ismaili and Shia centric. He has an entire book “The Succession of Muhammed” that explores the Shia view. He literally has no books or lectures even discussing Sunni sources and he comes to completely different conclusions than Sunni scholars do, usually taking the Shia position. He is cited on wikipedia numerous times in support of Shia positions. I’m not against having these sources on here, but not clarifying that something is so obviously the Shia position is extremely dishonest. 2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:B4B9 (talk) 22:42, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this comment. As someone familiar with Madelung's Succession and his other works, I strongly disagree with your claims but that discussion is perhaps irrelevant to this talk page. What matters is that Madelung and Poonawala are both academic experts of the highest caliber, so instead please provide specific instances of WP:NPOV violation in the article that require attention. Albertatiran (talk) 03:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)